Wings Fall to Aces, 84-78
June 5, 2022 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Dallas Wings News Release
Las Vegas, Nevada - The Dallas Wings (6-5) fell to the Las Vegas Aces (10-2), 84 - 78, at Michelob ULTRA Arena Sunday evening.
Dallas dominated on the boards, grabbing a season-high 50 rebounds, the most since 2018 and tied for the second most in franchise history. The rebounding effort was led by Kayla Thornton, who recorded a career-high 15 rebounds, and Satou Sabally, who recorded her second-straight double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Guard Arike Ogunbowale also tied her career-high with seven rebounds.
In addition to her rebounding, Ogunbowale surpassed 20 points for the 55th time in her career, finishing with 21 points. Allisha Gray recorded her second 20-point game of the season, finishing with a team-high 24 points of her own, a season-high.
Dallas finally returns home for an eight game homestand, tied for the longest in WNBA history, starting with the Seattle Storm (5-5) on Friday, June 10, at 7:00 p.m. CT.
Notables:
Allisha Gray scored 15 points in the first half and finished with a season-high 24 points.
Kayla Thornton grabbed more than 10 rebounds for the fourth time this season after only doing so three times last year. She finished with a career-high 15 boards.
As a team, Dallas recorded 50 rebounds, the team's second straight game with at least 40 rebounds and most since 2018. It is tied for the second-most rebounds in a single game in franchise history.
Satou Sabally reached double-figures in her fourth straight game, finishing with 11 points. She also added 10 rebounds for her second straight double-double.
Arike Ogunbowale reached 20 points for the fifth time this season and the 55th time in her career, finishing with 21 points.
After being held under 10 made free throws for the first time this season at Seattle, the Wings made 13 free throws tonight.
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